New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-02
CHaTABOUT THE THE1TRES.
-av ACADEMY OF MUsICs NEW OWNERS AND
THEIR PLANS FOR THE SEASON.


THEIR PLANS FOR THE SEASON.
~. of the sale OF the Academy Of Music to
~ Gilmore OF Nlblos and Eugene IomphihS'
,a nos,on Theatre, the principal theme oil CONVEX
t., IN theatrical circles yesterday lhere I'D" oo0
90 many conflicting reports about the Intention %
sru,,m y Douglls the owner OF the prop''S' 'a' "io
Wa in some caecs greeted ncrcdulously Inquiry
:. Nr DOUGLASS Office showed that tho saic' barring
oor.a,n necessary formalit'cs, was an accomplished
49,. Mr. Pass attorney and manager for Mr. Doug
a., so,d {" The sale has been made You would be
nr,scd to know the number Of applications there
10 bceu f. lease or buy the house. This however,
,ros the first thai entirely Satisfactory inc
,;oo N be paid Is 1865 900 And though 1T has been
stated that Mr. Douglas paid more than tha'' can
assure you he did not. In fact, he will make nearly
90 per cent his investment
Mr. Gilmore was seen at Niblos. whore he was talk
Inc with Dcnman Thompson the continued large
hns,ness of The Old Homestead. lie seemed hghiy
,ee1 at The success Of his ncCo at!ons. and antici
nated a bri'l ant future for his new PLAYHOUSE -
have been trying to get the Academy for some time'
=. unmarked Last Thursday | obtained an inkling
that nv offer would be accepted telegraphed 10
MIR Tomplins about tho state OF affairs and asked
him to Join me IN the enterprise. He came here on
sunday and though the deal Is pretty big one It did
mn take IL half an hour arrange everything Yes
terday We secured the property OF course 'here
are some legal matters to be gone into-ttle to be
scarohcl and things of that kind. We know that the
tle was inquired into worry recently and that IL Is all
right but -tiil 1t has 10 be done again
1--WE shall taho possession on November IS INT
.r,ceneut- with stars already made and announced
Gov ti. season will be carried out Before next sea
s, w. shall make good many improvements We
.o,orl,t, b,Incng the circle forward somewhat, and
,.,,,c ont the boxes at the back Then we shall
COW oossih,y raise the whole lower floor OF the audi
torium which I, rather well lkc Inc entrance
l., Irving ,l,cc also needs rcmodcinc. We shall con
,,nne 90 RIM the theatre as a combination house.
Tho immediate attractions after y DARK secret are
Booth and Barrett on December 20 for two weeks
and hen Earnay. The great German actor.
Yesterday j. NJ Hill paid to Mr.. Ambcrg $3.50 to
rlvc up thirteen clls' time which he had secured at
tho Union square Theatre, beginning directly after
Christmas This large bonus was given par y In con
nbSS nee Of tho of The Henrietta, which, IL
l. confidently believed, will advanageouSly MI ou'
the additional mc and partly because the theatre, De
Ing in the fun tide of favor with English audiences Nh
H did wish 10 change the language Of the actors
On hi, age Mr. Amberg was TO have paid weekly
rental of 5000 His star Is PoSsart. Where thi'
actor will now appear Is not yet known.
There hav, been nearly 5000 applications for seats
for Mr.. Jeferson's professional matinee tomorrow
Minnie Palmer t. rchearsing a play by Leonard
Grover, entitled my Brothers, Sister Luke Mar
tin Is directing the rchcarsals 1t is rumoicd that
the play Is an old one made over.
Rchcar-as for " Faust arc proceeding in every
part of the Theatre Yesterday willie the actor
were on the stage. series of dcmoniac shouts ai'
laughs kept coming from the back of the dress circle
whore the chorus learning how 10 add the ter
ror> of the BrCckcn Sccne. The depth OF The star
s1-c l. nca'y twenty feet less than ma OF tic Lon
dOu Iyccum. and consequently much rearranseuen
Of scenes Is ncccSsitatcd.
Fun orchestral rehcarsals Of the comedy opera
"DOrOthy are IN dai.y progress at he N;?ndad The
atre Mc-srS Cellicr Stephenson Leslie and Dui
Jointly direct the stage and everything Will be In per
fec fOrm ~ saturday, the opening night
Caste SLOWS wonderful vitality at W1llaeks. ts'
receipts far this week having been larger Oi nol'
than 800 hight than they were on the CORE loo
nsht> Last week, showing that is highly gratllyns u
the Mr.. Abbey will make strong feature
OF the Robertson comedies this season. " School j.
being rchcsrstd daily.